sevenfold
adjective
sev·en·fold
| \ ˈse-vən-ˌfōld
, ˈse-bᵊm-\
, ˈse-bᵊm-\
Definition of sevenfold
1
: having seven units or members
2
: being seven times as great or as many
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Examples of sevenfold in a Sentence
There has been a sevenfold increase in membership in the past year.
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Adjusted for inflation, that’s a sevenfold increase. — David Von Drehle, Twin Cities, "David Von Drehle: Everyone acts like America is in decline. Let’s look at the numbers.," 6 June 2019 Adjusted for inflation, that’s a sevenfold increase. — David Von Drehle, Twin Cities, "David Von Drehle: Everyone acts like America is in decline. Let’s look at the numbers.," 6 June 2019 The simpler internal pattern of Curve B, which resembles a sevenfold symmetrical version of the first curve (7, –11), suggests that the correct pair is choice 8: (8, –13). — Quanta Magazine, "Solution: ‘Creating Art With Mathematics’," 30 Oct. 2015 Adjusted for inflation, that’s a sevenfold increase. — David Von Drehle, Twin Cities, "David Von Drehle: Everyone acts like America is in decline. Let’s look at the numbers.," 6 June 2019 Adjusted for inflation, that’s a sevenfold increase. — David Von Drehle, Twin Cities, "David Von Drehle: Everyone acts like America is in decline. Let’s look at the numbers.," 6 June 2019 Adjusted for inflation, that’s a sevenfold increase. — David Von Drehle, Twin Cities, "David Von Drehle: Everyone acts like America is in decline. Let’s look at the numbers.," 6 June 2019 Adjusted for inflation, that’s a sevenfold increase. — David Von Drehle, Twin Cities, "David Von Drehle: Everyone acts like America is in decline. Let’s look at the numbers.," 6 June 2019 Adjusted for inflation, that’s a sevenfold increase. — David Von Drehle, The Denver Post, "Guest Commentary: United States lifted the world without losing ground," 5 June 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'sevenfold.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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More Definitions for sevenfold
sevenfold
adjective
English Language Learners Definition of sevenfold
: seven times as great or as many
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